An Unusual Cause of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Recorded on a Heartrate Monitor.

Moore, Peter T; Ng, Arnold C T; Gould, Paul A; Wang, William Y S

doi:10.1016/j.hlc.2016.04.017

Cardiac arrest & resuscitation

An Unusual Cause of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Recorded on a Heartrate Monitor.

Peter T Moore, Arnold C T Ng, Paul A Gould, William Y S Wang

Heart, lung & circulation · 2016-05-18 · Case report

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Abstract

Coronary vasospasm is an uncommon, but perhaps under-recognised, cause of cardiac arrest. We present a novel case of an exercise-induced out-of-hospital cardiac arrest due to coronary vasospasm, captured on a heartrate monitor, and discuss the management options for this condition.